The Power List: DAVID GEFFEN

Media mogul, 69

This year, Geffen was part of a controversial $2.2 billion Sony-led consortium to buy EMI Music Publishing (home of Beyoncé, Katy Perry, and Kanye). But it’s his personal story that grabbed headlines: Geffen broke it off with his much-younger boyfriend of six years, Jeremy Lingvall.

This year, Geffen was part of a controversial $2.2 billion Sony-led consortium to buy EMI Music Publishing (home of Beyoncé, Katy Perry, and Kanye). But it’s his personal story that grabbed headlines: Geffen broke it off with his much-younger boyfriend of six years, Jeremy Lingvall.